Research and Markets: ICT budget and staffing trends in the US - Enterprise ICT investment plans to 2013

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/s6gp2g/ict_budget_and) has announced the addition of the "ICT budget and staffing trends in the US - Enterprise ICT investment plans to 2013" report to their offering.

“ICT budget and staffing trends in the US - Enterprise ICT investment plans to 2013”

Enterprise IT spending is anticipated to follow an upward trend after recovering from the macroeconomic debt crisis, with 41% of US enterprises likely to increase their IT budget slightly in 2013. The number forecasting a decrease in their IT budgets will remain low in 2013.

The US enterprise IT market for purchases of technology goods and services is most likely to see slow, yet positive growth in 2012-13.

Publication Overview

This premium report, compiled and published by Kable, presents the findings from a survey of 156 US enterprises regarding their Information & Communication Technology (ICT) budgets and staff allocation. The survey investigates how US enterprises currently allocate their ICT budgets across the core areas of enterprise ICT spend, namely hardware, software, IT services, communications and consulting.

The purpose of the report is to provide a depth of insight into ICT vendors’ and service providers’ potential customers in the US market. Kable has invested significant resources in order to interview an exhaustive range of ICT decision makers in the USA about their IT procurement strategies, leading to the production of a premium ICT report that few other IT analyst houses will be able to match for the breadth of its respondent panel.

Key Topics Covered

1 Trends in ICT budgets

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Survey demographics

1.3 IT budget changes

1.4 IT budget allocation by core technology area

1.5 IT budget allocation by function

1.6 IT spending by entity

1.7 IT staff distribution

2 Detailed IT budget allocations

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Hardware budget breakdown

2.3 Software budget breakdowns

2.4 Third party IT Services expenditure

2.5 Telecommunications budget

3 Summary

3.1 US enterprises are raising IT spending, albeit at a tentative and modest pace

4 Appendix

List of Tables and List of Figures

Reasons To Buy

- Understand how ICT budgets within the USA are set to change in 2013.

- Identify how IT budgets are allocated across the core elements of IT spend, including hardware, software, services, communications and consulting.

- Gain insight into how IT dollars are being spent in areas such as the data centre, applications, IT management and networks.

- Establish how IT staff are typically allocated within US organizations.

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